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The argument from degree
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RE: The argument from degree
(December 31, 2022 at 6:48 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: Aquinas: [T]he maximum in any genus is the cause of all in that genus; as fire, which is the maximum heat, is the cause of all hot things. Therefore there must also be something which is to all beings the cause of their being, goodness, and every other perfection; and this we call God. 

I answer that:

A bachelor has a least dirty shirt in his apartment, which is a tautology, but it does not follow that he has a clean shirt. The being with the greatest perfection is not necessarily a being with infinite perfection.
Indeed being the greatest of something does not lead to god.
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The argument from degree - by LinuxGal - December 31, 2022 at 6:48 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by zebo-the-fat - December 31, 2022 at 8:14 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by LinuxGal - December 31, 2022 at 8:15 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by GrandizerII - December 31, 2022 at 11:37 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by Fireball - December 31, 2022 at 9:07 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by Objectivist - December 31, 2022 at 11:28 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by Objectivist - December 31, 2022 at 11:26 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by GrandizerII - December 31, 2022 at 11:42 pm
RE: The argument from degree - by Objectivist - January 1, 2023 at 12:12 am
RE: The argument from degree - by The Architect Of Fate - January 1, 2023 at 12:14 am

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